Create | Classy Kids Costumes On a Budget : Shirley Temple

PART I: SHIRLEY TEMPLE COSTUME TUTORIAL: Our kids gladly enjoy watching old films. That's what inspired our Old Hollywood themed Costumes this year.  With three kids needing costumes we knew we had to come up with a plan to create all of the ideas that wouldn't break the bank!  Read on to find out how to recreate your own Old Hollywood Costume looks...

SHIRLEY TEMPLE:

For Little Miss Diva, it took awhile to figure out how to do her's without spending too much on a dress.  There's an adorable polka dot Shirley Temple costume on Etsy for $115. WAY out of the budget. 

She chose the movie: Captain January. But we couldn't find an affordable pants sailor suit. So we went with a dress. We bought a vintage Dress off of Ebay for 96cents. Yeah. Less than a DOLLAR. We thought we were going to shorten the hem and add a pettiskirt underneath but it was completely freezing outside. 

[the kids are all awesome actors in these photos, do not be fooled, it was FREEZING] 

The purse is an old Gymboree one we scored on Ebay for $4. I like to have candy bags that go with the costumes. Tights were $3, and shoes were a splurge from WalMart for $9 [we couldn't find a child's consignment store in the new town we moved to]. Ribbon in hair : On hand.

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CLICK FOR GENE KELLY COSTUME on a BUDGET

TOTAL COST FOR SHIRLEY TEMPLE COSTUME: $17
savings of over $98 !!!